PhD studentships at Lancaster University

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ESRC Quota Studentships in Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster

The Department of Linguistics and English Language has been awarded 6
quota studentships for its PhD programmes, which have received 1+3 and
+3 recognition, part time and full time. We welcome applicants from the
UK and the EU in all ESRC-relevant areas of linguistics and applied
linguistics, including:

*	sociolinguistics (especially language variation, bilingualism,
language and gender, language policy)
*	(critical) discourse analysis
*	literacy studies
*	applied linguistics (language teaching, language testing)
*	corpus linguistics (with a sociolinguistic and/or typological
approach)

For a +3 award applicants should hold an ESRC-recognised Masters in
Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.

A 1+3 award is available for those applying for the PhD by Thesis and
Coursework.

Closing date for applications to Department: 15th March 2006.

The Department is the largest of its kind in England, with a full-time
lecturing staff of 28, some 25 Research Associates, and 150 PhD
students. It has library holdings and a thriving research environment,
organised around 4 Research Centres and 15 Research Groups. See
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/research/index.htm for details.

In the first instance please contact Mrs Marjorie Wood
(m.f.wood at lancaster.ac.uk) for further details. 



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Willem Hollmann
Dept of Linguistics and English Language
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YT
Tel: +44 (0)1524 594644
Fax: +44 (0)1524 843085
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/willem/willem.htm 
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